South Africa's strike season has begun with thousands of engineering and metalworkers demanding increase wages and a the abolition of labour brokers. Read more »
In an attempt to curb the migration of health workers, the international community has set up the Global Health Workforce Alliance to tackle the crisis. Read more »
Civil servants in Botswana have suspended their eight-week-long strike, unions and government have confirmed. Read more »
Close to a 100,000 public servants, including about 1,500 considered essential workers, are staying away from their posts while government and unions tussle over salaries. Read more »
Striking Air Zimbabwe pilots insist they will not return to work until management pays them their outstanding salaries. Read more »
Magistrates, who went on strike to force their employer to raise their salaries, have resumed duty as negotiations to find a solution to their plight continue. Read more »
Public service salaries will be reviewed in June with the least paid worker expected to get about double the U.S.$128 they are currently earning. Read more »
Joblessness, illiteracy, lack of skills, poverty and poor access to water and electricity are are just some of the grim realities facing young rural people today. Read more »
Government spending will increase significantly for the fourth consecutive year according to the Finance Minister's 2011-12 national budget. Read more »
Equatorial Guinea must amend laws that hinder effective civil society mobilisation and activism inside the country, says a report by advocacy group EG Justice. Read more »
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